Outdoor Lighting: Physics, Vision and Perception

This book covers theoretical aspects that are at the basis of lighting installations. It focuses on insight, backgrounds and coherence. There are many fundamental aspects that are essential for understanding why different ways to install and use lighting give different results. A purely pragmatic ap...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schreuder, Duco
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2008, 2008
Edition:1st ed. 2008
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The function of outdoor lighting
  • Physical aspects of light production
  • Radiometry and photometry
  • The mathematics of luminance
  • Practical photometry
  • The human observer; physical and anatomical aspects of vision
  • The human observer; visual performance aspects
  • The human observer; visual perception
  • The human observer; colour vision
  • Road lighting applications
  • Road lighting design